Chapter 1: The Casting

The day has finally arrived, today is casting day. There were hundreds of girls lined up overly excited that they may be the supporting character in the new hit series The 100. An action paced new series, about adventure, betrayal, loyalty and the unknown. Season one was out and everyone had an idea of what the series was about, but only to a certain extent.

Jason the director decided to add a new character to the series, going against what the books dictated. He needed a new commander, and with a few tricks up his sleeve he had a great idea of where the story could be headed.

As the day started, there were girls in and out, reading the script exactly the same way the hundreds did before them, the panel were starting to drift off and get lost in the monotonous few lines they had heard all day.

Alycia was waiting outside, nervous but excited at the same time, she was ready for a new challenge with her show being on a production break. The man at the door called for her to entre and get the ball rolling, all panel members hoping this would be who they were looking for.

The room was as quiet as a library when she opened the door, feeling the judgement of the panel immediately…. how she presented herself, how she moved.

Jason looked over the rim of his glasses and announced "Alycia Debnam Carey – 22 years old, Australian" he then turned to Alycia, "Are you ready to start?" Alycia looked down at the chair in front of her, but decided not to take a seat, smiled with the left corner of her pouty lips and said "Iv never been more ready"

Alycia had memorised the few lines she was handed and started "I lost someone special to me, too. Her name was Costia. She was captured by the Ice Nation, whose queen believed she knew my secrets. Because she was mine... they tortured her, killed her, cut off her head. "

The pauses were in the right places, the emotion in her shaky voice captured the panel, causing everyone to move up in their seat, she did not sound weak, she had a good mix of pain reliving the moment yet, did not let it affect her and stayed strong. Her hands behind her back and her face stern and serious.

Jason shot up out of his chair, he was intrigued by this young girl… He looked at the panel as they stared back at him waiting for his next move. "I think we might have something here" the panel just nodded once and smiled.

"Alycia, thank you so much for coming in today and preparing your lines, I will be honest, I did expect that you were too soft for this role, but you are capturing." "Just the right amount of strength and weakness that we need" Alycia smiled again, showing her beautiful toothy smile for the first time. "She is mysterious" Jas whispered under his breath.

"Can you wait outside for just a few minutes, we will call you when we are ready" he could see that she seemed confused "Don't worry, I just need to make sure that we have the right chemistry"

With the constant sweet smile she said "Thank you for your time" using her Australian accent for the first time. She nodded her head once turned on her heels in one motion and walked out.

"She is perfect" one of the other judges said as the door closed behind the young girl. "Okay so I think we need to call in Eliza, she is in her room, please can you call her down"

Alycia is escorted into a new room and takes a seat on the couch, her mind is racing. "Better say to little than too much, keep the mystery and not give everything away." And she smiles to herself and takes out her phone and messages her mother, to let her know she was through to the next round."

After the 20minute break, Jason pops his head into the room Alycia is waiting in "Hey" with a small smile, "We are ready for you to come back in, what we will be doing now is testing the chemistry between the lead role that you will have the most interaction with." Alycia immediately started pondering as to which character he is speaking about. She had watched the first season and obviously had her favourites." She stood up, straightened her dress suit she was wearing and with her big goofy smile and said "Awesome".

She followed Jason back into the casting room only to find a blonde sitting in the chair she had previously denied, with a roar of laughter coming not only from her but the rest on the panel of judges. The panel looked up at Alycia and immediately stopped the laughter, they were ready to begin.

Eliza, hopped off the chair and turned to face the door, her blue eyes focusing on Alycia. "Hi, I am Eliza, and I play Clarke Griffin, you must be Alycia" she winks and continues "I have already been briefed on who I was meeting"

Alycia's heart started racing, she is not sure of what she is feeling, those eyes, tv does them no justice, the nerves came crushing down, but she pulls it together, smiles and answers "Hi Eliza" walks over and offers her hand. "Its an honour to meet you, I am a big fan" She feels empowered by the blondes presence.

Eliza pulls her in for a hug, "No need to be formal" and she almost crashes into Eliza, she fits perfect into her structure. The panel start making notes. Jason, "Okay Alycia, let's start with your lines again except this time, Eliza will be joining you, good luck" and he winks.

After they have gone through the lines just once, Jason stands up again… "This is magic, I am happy" he gestures to the man at the door, "tell the rest they can leave we have our new commander"

"Welcome to the family Heda" Eliza smiles, "Iv got to run but I will see you soon enough." Eliza thinks to herself for a moment before leaving "This girl is charming, yet dangerous. I better keep myself under control" she could feel her body on edge the moment she locked eyes on Alycia.

Contracts are sorted over the next few days, and shooting will begin in a week. Alycia is over the moon, she has told her closest family and friends, and is ecstatic about the show, well…. More ecstatic about the fact that she now knows that she will be working closely with the Blonde. Who has been in a few of her dreams after their first encounter.